Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1976 explained
This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1976.[1] The Top 100, as revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1976, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of November 8, 1975 through October 30, 1976.
| No. | Title | Artist(s) |
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| 1 | "Silly Love Songs" | Wings |
| 2 | "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" | Elton John & Kiki Dee |
| 3 | "Disco Lady" | Johnnie Taylor |
| 4 | "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" | The Four Seasons |
| 5 | "Play That Funky Music" | Wild Cherry |
| 6 | "Kiss and Say Goodbye" | The Manhattans |
| 7 | "Love Machine" | The Miracles |
| 8 | "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" | Paul Simon |
| 9 | "Love Is Alive" | Gary Wright |
| 10 | "A Fifth of Beethoven" | Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band |
| 11 | "Sara Smile" | Hall & Oates |
| 12 | "Afternoon Delight" | Starland Vocal Band |
| 13 | "I Write the Songs" | Barry Manilow |
| 14 | "Fly, Robin, Fly" | Silver Convention |
| 15 | "Love Hangover" | Diana Ross |
| 16 | "Get Closer" | Seals and Crofts |
| 17 | "More, More, More" | Andrea True Connection |
| 18 | "Bohemian Rhapsody" | Queen |
| 19 | "Misty Blue" | Dorothy Moore |
| 20 | "Boogie Fever" | The Sylvers |
| 21 | "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" | England Dan & John Ford Coley |
| 22 | "You Sexy Thing" | Hot Chocolate |
| 23 | "Love Hurts" | Nazareth |
| 24 | "Get Up and Boogie" | Silver Convention |
| 25 | "Take It to the Limit" | Eagles |
| 26 | "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" | KC and the Sunshine Band |
| 27 | "Sweet Love" | Commodores |
| 28 | "Right Back Where We Started From" | Maxine Nightingale |
| 29 | "Theme from S.W.A.T." | Rhythm Heritage |
| 30 | "Love Rollercoaster" | Ohio Players |
| 31 | "You Should Be Dancing" | Bee Gees |
| 32 | "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" | Lou Rawls |
| 33 | "Golden Years" | David Bowie |
| 34 | "Moonlight Feels Right" | Starbuck |
| 35 | "Only Sixteen" | Dr. Hook |
| 36 | "Let Your Love Flow" | The Bellamy Brothers |
| 37 | "Dream Weaver" | Gary Wright |
| 38 | "Turn the Beat Around" | Vicki Sue Robinson |
| 39 | "Lonely Night (Angel Face)" | Captain & Tennille |
| 40 | "All by Myself" | Eric Carmen |
| 41 | "Love to Love You Baby" | Donna Summer |
| 42 | "Deep Purple" | Donny & Marie Osmond |
| 43 | "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" | Diana Ross |
| 44 | "Sweet Thing" | Rufus |
| 45 | "That's the Way (I Like It)" | KC and the Sunshine Band |
| 46 | "A Little Bit More" | Dr. Hook |
| 47 | "Shannon" | Henry Gross |
| 48 | "If You Leave Me Now" | Chicago |
| 49 | "Lowdown" | Boz Scaggs |
| 50 | "Show Me the Way" | Peter Frampton |
| 51 | "Dream On" | Aerosmith |
| 52 | "I Love Music" | The O'Jays |
| 53 | "Say You Love Me" | Fleetwood Mac |
| 54 | "Times of Your Life" | Paul Anka |
| 55 | "Devil Woman" | Cliff Richard |
| 56 | "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" | Elvin Bishop |
| 57 | "Convoy" | C. W. McCall |
| 58 | "Welcome Back" | John Sebastian |
| 59 | "Sing a Song" | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| 60 | "Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel" | Tavares |
| 61 | "I'll Be Good to You" | The Brothers Johnson |
| 62 | "Rock and Roll Music" | The Beach Boys |
| 63 | "Shop Around" | Captain & Tennille |
| 64 | "Saturday Night" | Bay City Rollers |
| 65 | "Island Girl" | Elton John |
| 66 | "Let's Do It Again" | The Staple Singers |
| 67 | "Let 'Em In" | Wings |
| 68 | "Baby Face" | Wing and a Prayer Fife and Drum Corps |
| 69 | "This Masquerade" | George Benson |
| 70 | "Evil Woman" | Electric Light Orchestra |
| 71 | "Wham Bam" | Silver |
| 72 | "I'm Easy" | Keith Carradine |
| 73 | "Wake Up Everybody" | Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes |
| 74 | "Summer" | War |
| 75 | "Let Her In" | John Travolta |
| 76 | "Fox on the Run" | Sweet |
| 77 | "Rhiannon" | Fleetwood Mac |
| 78 | "Got to Get You into My Life" | The Beatles |
| 79 | "Fanny (Be Tender with My Love)" | Bee Gees |
| 80 | "Getaway" | Earth, Wind & Fire |
| 81 | "She's Gone" | Hall & Oates |
| 82 | "Still the One" | Orleans |
| 83 | "You're My Best Friend" | Queen |
| 84 | "With Your Love" | Jefferson Starship |
| 85 | "Slow Ride" | Foghat |
| 86 | "Who'd She Coo?" | Ohio Players |
| 87 | "The Boys Are Back in Town" | Thin Lizzy |
| 88 | "Walk Away from Love" | David Ruffin |
| 89 | "Baby, I Love Your Way (Live)" | Peter Frampton |
| 90 | "Young Hearts Run Free" | Candi Staton |
| 91 | "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" | Neil Sedaka |
| 92 | "Money Honey" | Bay City Rollers |
| 93 | "Give Up the Funk (Tear the Roof off the Sucker)" | Parliament |
| 94 | "Junk Food Junkie" | Larry Groce |
| 95 | "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again" | Barry Manilow |
| 96 | "Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)" | Kiss |
| 97 | "Disco Duck" | Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots |
| 98 | "Take the Money and Run" | Steve Miller Band |
| 99 | "Squeeze Box" | The Who |
| 100 | "Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.)" | Glen Campbell |
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Notes and References
- https://books.google.com/books?id=xCQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT43 Billboard, December 25, 1976 ("Billboard's Annual Talent in Action", Pop Singles of 1976)
